Re: Freedom Suing GW Micro

  • From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:14:10 -0500

Karl,
If you read the blog entry linked to in the messages posted to this list, you will see that the lawsuit is over a patent issue. FS is saying that GW Micro infringed on their PlaceMarker patent. According to the patent, when you use the JAWS PlaceMarker feature, the JAWS program counts the number of HTML tags on a web page down to the string of text that you marked. Then when you call up this PlaceMarker again, the program retrieves this information to find your PlaceMarker. If you've ever used this feature on a page that changed after you set a PlaceMarker, you know that their technique fails in this case. GW Micro's technique for locating a PlaceMarker is different since it doesn't fail when the page changes. Since they use a different method, it's hard to see how GW Micro is infringing on the FS patent.
I think that FS would like to slow down the development of Window-Eyes. They hear footsteps behind them, and instead of running faster to keep ahead, they want to beat their competition over the head with a club. I had hoped that the increased competition of GW Micro would encourage FS to make a better product, but again they would rather spend their resources trying to crush their competitors in court. 

Gary King
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Smith" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: Freedom Suing GW Micro



I surely don't know the entire story behind this news but I do know that FS
and others certainly have to pay licensing fees for the products they use
from Microsoft and even the Braille translator in JAWS.  This may be
something like that or it may not.  Remember that the only news we have
heard is from GW Micro who, like it or not, is far behind in the screen
reading market.  I don't say this to trash the product as I think it is a
good product written by smart and caring people but the facts are the facts. 

Karl

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-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of john.falter
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:57 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Freedom Suing GW Micro

In software and manufacturing, many techniques are patented.
GW micro may have to pay for some license.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <Jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:52 PM
Subject: FW: Freedom Suing GW Micro



I thought the JAWS users would be as interested in this development as
anyone.

It looks to me like blind users are the obvious losers here, if as is
claimed, capabilities of a screen reader can be patented so that no
other products to aid blind users can make use of them.

Absolutely, unbelievable, and what a loss for us all.





-----Original Message-----
From: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:42 PM
To: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Freedom Suing GW Micro

Doug recently posted a very interesting blog entry that you
should read:

http://www.gwmicro.com/blog/index.php/all/2008/07/24/do_compan
ies_really_compete_on_who_has_t

Aaron
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